The incident occurred a day after Houthi militants in Yemen targeted another vessel, their first assault on shipping since President Trump announced a truce with them.

An attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a Liberian-flagged cargo ship in the Red Sea killed three mariners and wounded two others, a European Union naval force said Tuesday.The attack on the Greek-owned Eternity C also saw one of the wounded lose his leg in the attack,

The Yemeni group, which has not claimed responsibility for the attack, says Israel-linked ships are ‘legitimate target’.